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US Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrinks for first time since February

The Fed's balance sheet fell to $7.14 trillion on June 17 from $7.22 trillion a week earlier

Gold steady as second Covid-19 wave fears in Beijing weigh on risky assets

Spot gold was steady at $1,729.40 per ounce. US gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,734.90

US unemployment rate soars to post-WWII record high: Federal Reserve

The central bank's remarks were part of its Monetary Policy Report submitted to Congress on Friday

Sensex sees 1,500-point swing on gains in European and US futures market

Gains in European, US futures help index stage a comeback

Dow Jones plunges over 6% on fears of new virus wave, Fed's outlook

Wall Street plunges to close with biggest one-day loss since March 16

Indices tumble as worries over second wave of infections cloud sentiment

Fed's assessment of a long-lasting damage to US economy dented risk appetite

MARKET WRAP: Sensex slumps 709 pts on global sell-off; Voda Idea slips 13%

All that happened in the markets today

Fed keeps key rate at zero, projects 6.5% decline in US GDP this year

The pledge to keep monetary policy loose until the US economy is back on track repeats a promise made early in the central bank's response to the coronavirus pandemic

S&P 500 turns positive as Fed pledges support; Nasdaq rises over 1%

The S&P 500 was off as much as 0.8 per cent before the Fed statement

S&P 500, Dow Jones slip ahead of Fed outlook; Nasdaq scales fresh high

The tech-heavy Nasdaq, by contrast, hit a record high for the fourth straight session, with gains for Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp driving rally

Emerging-market rally seen unstoppable as traders turn to Powell

JPMorgan's measure of implied volatility for EM currencies had its biggest weekly drop since 2011

Fed to stay full throttle with credit support despite debt rally

Central bankers are likely to remain undeterred in both their credit and monetary policy support until the jobless rate gets closer to their full employment estimate of 4.1per cent

US Fed likely to keep near zero rates for a few years to boost economy

Roberto Perli, a former Fed staffer and now head of global policy research at Cornerstone Macro, also expected the SEP to show that Fed officials would not want to raise rates before 2022

Second wave of Covid-19 could derail US economic recovery: Fed chief Powell

Powell believes that the second wave of coronavirus cases would dampen consumer confidence and hurt economic recovery

Covid-19: US Fed survey on economic revival, outlook and consumer behaviour

The sharp plunge in economic activity recounted in the US central bank's latest temperature check of business activity across its 12 districts shed light on the depth of the economic pain

US economy to recover from Covid-19 shock by end of 2021: Fed Chief Powell

The US has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the Covid-19 which has claimed nearly 90,000 lives in America

In search of the right prescription

Policy predictability and an unambiguous long-term blueprint are essential for private investors

Stock markets fall sharply as stimulus package fails to lift sentiment

The benchmark indices fell nearly 3% on Thursday, erasing all the gains made a day earlier on optimism over the Rs 20-trillion rescue package announced by the government

Market Wrap, May 14: Here's all that happened in the markets today

Sectorally, IT stocks took the biggest knock as the Nifty IT index declined 3.5 per cent to 13,293.70 levels. Nifty Bank lost 566 points or nearly 3 per cent to 19,068.50 levels

Covid-19 crisis: Jerome Powell warns of lasting harm; US stocks slump

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 496.84 points, or 2.09 per cent, at 23,267.94, the S&P 500 was down 52.72 points, or 1.84 per cent, at 2,817.40 (at 9:37 pm IST).